On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 11:47:13AM -0500, Mike McGrath wrote: > On Fri, 16 Apr 2010, Paul W. Frields wrote: > > > On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 08:00:32PM -0400, Toshio Kuratomi wrote: > > > ... but in general signing up for a group in FAS is the last step of > > > beconming part of a Fedora group. Which is confusing since signing up for > > > an account and signing the CLA are some of the first things that our > > > announcements have people do. We need to send people to start communicating > > > with groups right after they sign the CLA (or as a TODO list item in FAS or > > > something) rather than let them explore the FAS interface looking for > > > a group to sign up for. > > > > > > Or we need to change what the groups do so that people really do find that > > > signing up for a group gets them communicating to the groups that can use > > > their help. > > > > These are both really good points. I know there are myriad ways to > > attack the problem. Would it be a good starting point, while we > > discuss something better, to have a notice after CLA signup directing > > users to a page of "join a team" links? (That page might exist on the > > wiki for easier editing.) > > > > Your choice of words there is good. There's a big difference between the > technical act of joining a group and the workflow act of joining a team. > > Generally though I'm hearing 2 things: > > 1) We don't really see a need to standardize on how to join a group. > > 2) We all agree that we need to spend more time on figuring out a proper > workflow here. > > Keep the ideas coming. I think at least allowing groups to be invite only > (on a per group choice) will be a good step. Ah, that's a fantastic idea. I see a number of groups already say "(invite only)" in their description, which tells me that's a desirable feature. If this was an option, we might want to consider, when it's turned on, replacing the "Apply" button that's usually on the group's page with a "Visit <URL> for more information" link. -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ Where open source multiplies: http://opensource.com _______________________________________________ advisory-board mailing list advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board
